https://www.scmp.com/rss/514807/feed Leo Yu is a clinical professor of law at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. His research interests include civil rights litigation, Asian-American jurisprudence, and international legal education. Before he joined the faculty, Yu was a civil rights attorney, representing minority groups on a variety of constitutional issues. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com What is the problem with TikTok? The US Congress unequivocally answered this question through a five-hour grilling on Thursday: it is China. Let’s face it, the national security concern about TikTok appears to be tenuous at best. At the hearing where TikTok CEO Chew Shou Zi was questioned by US lawmakers, the only incident raised that can remotely support this concern is one in which some employees at TikTok’s parent company, the Beijing-based ByteDance, inappropriately obtained the data of... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3214395/tiktok-targeted-us-being-chinese-not-what-it-has-or-has-not-done?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3214395/tiktok-targeted-us-being-chinese-not-what-it-has-or-has-not-done?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Mar 2023 17:00:12 +0000 In the past week, Chinese-Americans in Texas have been busy. They have organised several rallies in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. Hundreds of people showed up, holding banners bearing one simple message: Say No to SB 147. Senate Bill 147, introduced by Senator Lois Kolkhorst, prohibits both entities and citizens of four countries – China, North Korea, Iran and Russia – from owning real estate in Texas. The most controversial part of the bill is that it does not provide any exception for foreign... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3208479/proposed-texas-ban-chinese-home-ownership-grounded-nothing-hate?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3208479/proposed-texas-ban-chinese-home-ownership-grounded-nothing-hate?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:00:15 +0000